Payphones Past

Then and Now

Winter Garden Payphones

Of the three payphones seen in these photos from August 19, 2000 two survive today but only one still works.…

16 years ago

Payphones at Krash, Now Called Riviera

This picture from March, 2000, shows two payphones outside the Krash Dance Club in Astoria. Krash was a popular gay…

16 years ago

Vestiges of Payphone Brands Past

Last year at about this time I commented on a New York Times blog entry that called out a "Phantom…

16 years ago

Telebeam: Off the Hook and Off the Grid

Telebeam payphones are disappearing from the sidewalks of New York at a rapid clip. In recent days this Telebeam payphone…

16 years ago

Payphone Gone: By a 9/11 Mural

The 9/11 Payphone (as I called it) actually had nothing to do with 9/11. Located in Long Island City, this…

16 years ago

Payphone Gone: 35th Avenue in Astoria

This payphone picture was originally posted to my New York City Payphones gallery in the late 1990s. This payphone virtually…

16 years ago

Ghosts of Phone Booths Past

Sometimes I think I see ghosts of phone booths past. Outlines. Shadows. Tracings of where full booths once surrounded and…

16 years ago

The Letterman Payphones Revisited

I call these the Letterman Payphones. The first picture shows a group of payphones as they looked circa 1999. The…

16 years ago

Blackout Payphone Revisited

Tomorrow is the anniversary date of the Northeast Blackout of 2003. That was a memorable day for me in many…

16 years ago

1271 6th Avenue Payphones, Then and Now

These payphones at 1271 6th Avenue are long gone. The first picture shows a cluster of three payphones in either…

16 years ago